[Samba] Domain rename

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On Thursday, August 22nd, 2024 at 08:24, Rowland Penny via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:

> On Thu, 22 Aug 2024 10:55:07 +0000
> bd730c5053df9efb via samba samba at lists.samba.org wrote:
> 
> > Hello everybody!
> > 
> > I know this has been asked multiple times but I haven't found an
> > answer yet so here I go again. I manage a domain, not too large but
> > large enough to make it a complex task to recreate an entire domain
> > and rejoin every computer, and the domain was created long ago
> > without an ad subdomain so, is there any way to recreate an entire
> > domain renaming the domain part of everything but preserving all the
> > ID's and users and passwords?
> 
> 
> Not in a supported way, you can backup your domain using samba-tool and
> rename that, but it isn't supported for long term use i.e. in
> production.
> 
> Rowland
> 
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Hi Rowland! Thanks for your reply!

Is it possible to rename de DNS realm only and leave the NETBIOS name as is or is it mandatory to rename both?

Thanks again!
Best regards,
Dave.